LOL this is really funny… my boyfriend is from Madrid and when he first said “pajita” it freaked me out. Thanks for all the info by the way! I will be an auxiliar for the 2014-2015 year and I’m really excited/nervous. Your website is helping answer a lot of questions!

Angela, it means both. In proper Spanish it means Straw but in slang it’s talking about masturbation. Sort of like here in the States the word rubber can be used as slang for a condom so when an Australian student asks for one, meaning an eraser, they get snickered at.

I learned “paja” as straw, and if you say it in any normal context (i.e.– “The horses sleep on straw”) I think it just means straw, no big deal. In Spain I learned the expression “hacerse la paja” which makes a little more sense to refer to masturbation. I think it’s all about context!